Share map display apparatus, share map display system, and program for the same

Abstract

Information on the handling records and occupancy status such as of a company carrying financial products in the financial capital market is converted into image data the contents of which can be visually sensibly grasped. A display region forming section ( 14 ) of a share map display apparatus ( 1 ) has a first display region indicating the total amount of the handling records of specific financial product. Generally the whole part of the first display region is divided into generally rectangular second display regions whose areas are determined according to the information on the handling records in a specific field out of the specific financial product. Generally the whole part of each second display region is divided into generally rectangular third display regions whose areas are determined according to the handling records of the financial institution in the specific field, thus forming display regions of a hierarchical structure. The second display regions inside the first display region and the third display regions inside the second display region are arranged in order of area from the upper left corner down to the lower right corner. The ratio of the record of the current period to that of the previous period is indicated with a color tone. The image data is converted into data of HTML format and sent to a Web browser.

1 . A share map display apparatus which displays on displaying means of a terminal, an information on an occupancy status of a company such as a financial institution which deals with financial products in a financial capital market, has a display region forming means which forms:
 a first display region having a certain shape and indicating a total amount of handling records of a specific financial product;   a plurality of second display regions each having a rectangular shape, an area of which is determined based on an information on the handling records of the specific financial product in a specific field, a whole area of the first display region is divided into the plurality of second display regions, and   a plurality of third display regions each having a rectangular shape, an area of which is determined based on each handling record that constitutes the specific field, a whole area of the second display regions is divided into the plurality of third display regions,   wherein the display region forming means forms at least 3 hierarchically-structured display region groups, the second display region is a lower hierarchy of the first display region which is divided into the plurality of second display regions, the third display region is a lower hierarchy of the second display region which is divided into the plurality of third display regions, and the display region forming means arranges the plurality of second display regions inside the first display region and the plurality of third display regions inside the second display region in descending order of area from an upper left corner down to a lower right corner, respectively.   
     
     
         2 . A share map display apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the share map display apparatus further has image data forming means for converting the display region groups into data of HTML format and sending the data of HTML format to the display means of the terminal. 
     
     
         3 . A share map display apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the display region forming means arranges the second display region and the third display region into a shape as close as possible to a square shape. 
     
     
         4 . A share map display apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein the display region forming means repeatedly rearranges all of the second display regions inside the first display region so that the arranged second display region has a shape as close as possible to a square shape by:
 at first, calculating a ratio of each area to a total area of the second display regions;   based on the calculated ratio, marking off an area at an upper left portion of the first display region, which is not yet occupied by anyone of the second display regions, in proportion to the ratio of one or a plurality of the second display regions having the largest area/larger areas out of all second display regions by either vertical or horizontal straight line; and then marking off an inside, which is already marked off, of the first display region in proportion to the ratio of one or a plurality of the second display regions by either vertical or horizontal straight line.   
     
     
         5 . A share map display apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein the display region forming means repeatedly rearranges all of the third display regions inside the second display region so that the arranged third display region has a shape as close as possible to a square shape by:
 at first, calculating a ratio of each area to a total area of the third display regions;   based on the calculated ratio, marking off an area at an upper left portion of the second display region, which is not yet occupied by any one of the third display regions, in proportion to the ratio of one or a plurality of the third display regions having the largest area/larger areas out of all of the third display regions by either vertical or horizontal straight line; and then marking off an inside, which is already marked off, of the second display region in proportion to the ratio of one or a plurality of the third display regions by either vertical or horizontal straight line.   
     
     
         6 . A share map display apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the display region forming means determines the area of an individual third display region based on the handling records of a financial product in the specific field of a company that handles individual financial product. 
     
     
         7 . A share map display apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the display region forming means determines the area of the second display region based on the information on the total amount of the handling records of the financial product in the specific field. 
     
     
         8 . A share map display apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the share map display apparatus further has record comparison display means that performs following steps:
 aggregating information on the handling records for every prescribed time period;   comparing information on the handling records for a specific time period with the information on the handling record for the period right before the specific time period; and   displaying a change in the information on the handling records calculated by the comparison on the third display region.   
     
     
         9 . A share map display apparatus according to  claim 8 , wherein the record comparison display means displays the change in the information on the handling records by color and density of the color on the third display region. 
     
     
         10 . A share map display apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the information on the handling records is an information on an issued amount of a financial product handled by a company that handles the financial product as a lead manager. 
     
     
         11 . A share map display system, which comprises:
 a share map display apparatus according to  claim 1 ; and   a database for storing data, including information on the handling records of a specific financial product, of a finance event, an act at a specific time point for changing funds or capital of an organization such as a firm.   
     
     
         12 . A program for making a computer function as a share map display apparatus according to  claim 1 .